4 hurt, 10 briefly escaped in riot at Nevada juvenile camp
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Authorities are investigating a riot at a juvenile rehabilitation camp in northern Nevada where two buildings were set on fire, four staff members hurt and 10 youths briefly escaped before they were recaptured over the weekend....

NYC Council begins hearings on police-community relations
NEW YORK (AP) -- Relations between New York City's police department and communities of color, long at a simmer, boiled over last summer when an unarmed Eric Garner was captured on video screaming "I can't breathe!" as he was placed in a fatal chokehold by an NYPD officer....

Victims to relive horror of marathon bombing as trial begins
BOSTON (AP) -- In the two years since twin bombs tore through crowds at the Boston Marathon finish line, the case against suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has focused on arguments over where his trial should be held, who should sit on the jury and what evidence prosecutors should be allowed to use....

Documents: Georgia officials indecisive about execution
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia prison officials were indecisive about whether to proceed with a cloudy lethal injection drug, at one point saying they weren't sure whether they checked "this week's or last week's" batch, according to court documents....

Agents target industry helping Chinese women have US babies
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) -- Federal agents searched three dozen homes Tuesday in California during a crackdown on so-called maternity tourism operators who arrange for pregnant Chinese women to give birth in the U.S., where their babies automatically become American citizens....

Lawyer: Dash cam video will help federal wrongful-death case
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A lawyer for a mother who viewed Nevada state police dash cam video of the last moments of her son's life says he's confident it will help in a federal lawsuit stemming from the fatal shooting by U.S. Bureau of Land Management officers....

North Dakota missionaries detained in Venezuela return home
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Four American missionaries released by Venezuelan authorities after several days of detention and questioning say they are happy to be back home in North Dakota, but that they hope to return to Venezuela someday....

Key figures in fatal police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- A look at some of the key figures in the case of Michael Brown, the black 18-year-old who was shot and killed by a white police officer in August. His death stirred weeks of violent unrest in the St. Louis suburb after the shooting and again in November, after a grand jury decided not to indict the officer....